Sunday, May 11, 2008

Sporadic...moi?

Before I start wittering on (and on and...) I'm pleased to report that Ruby is back from her 'World Tour', in fine fettle - albeit a little tired. No photos of her to prove it I'm afraid - as I'm being crubbish with the camera! (We truly appreciate all your fabulous comments but Ruby and I are being far too pants to reply to them - sorry :( )

I'm a wee bit scared about where on this Earth the time is going!

Tomorrow starts week four in my new job. (Not sure where 1,2 and 3 have gone!!).

Blogging has become ad hoc to say the very least! Reading everyone else's blogs has become even more hit and miss and as for actually doing or making anything creative - forget it buster - creative drought going on here in Moogsville!!

Things sort of got to me a bit this weekend (didn't they Locket?!!!). We had the in-laws down and I may not have been the most gracious of hostesses....

......mainly 'cos I'm utterly knackered and would rather blog/craft/eat my own feet than entertain anyone at the weekends right now....not that much entertaining went on!!!!

Lucky for them that they had to be elsewhere today and Moogsdad took charge and decided we needed a fambley day out at the beach :)

So, after unceremoniously shoving his parents out of the door and me and the little beasties into the car, he drove us to Hengistbury Head near Bournemouth (via Waitrose for posh and bizarrely healthy picnic nosh).

There are times - very rarely of course - when the man himself is right.

A day on the beach with the little bubbs was just what I needed.

The Moog of course was a bloody idiot as usual. Desperate to go in the sea. Too scared to go in with Moogsdad as she couldn't understand where his legs had gone and too much of a girl's blouse to go in on her own.

Eventually she got in there and cooled down so much she was shivering - idiot!

Moog, in case you didn't know, is our lovely old border collie - 13 this year!! - thinks she's a puppy but is actually a cantankerous old b*tch.

She's unaware of her canine genes and thinks she's a hoooman just like us - only a much more grumpy one where other dogs are concerned.

Having said that, she was quite the lady on the beach today. Not the barking, pooing, spraying everyone with sand, following their owner into the ladies' toilets (yup, this happened - big black dog joined the queue with his mistress and even sniffed under the door while she wee'd!!!!!! - while the others in the queue went 'awwww, how sweet!! [WTF!!!!!!])) sort of dog that we witnessed at Hengistbury today.

Told you I'd witter didn't I?

Ha!

Tough - I'm catching up here!!!

So, we had a loverley day on the beach and have all come back feeling relaxed and refreshed.

In other news......

.....I've been spending my wages......

....on these for Moogsdad:

...and this for me:

So......you can expect lots of chickeny, greeny stuff from here on in!

Aaww this post makes up for the lack of posting Mrs M. It looks like you all had a fab time at the beach, and Moog looks a completely different dog when she's wet!! Love the pic of her in her ?sandboat? if thats what it is!!

They ban dogs on our beaches from May to September.

You take it easy and I think you should drink lots of wine in the evenings then you won't care that time is flying!

Building chicken coops, clearing chicken poops more like. I hope you are up for another job! I so enjoyed reading this post, you are so funny and really make me smile. I shall come back to this one when I need a laugh. I can't believe the scenario in the toilet, how sweet, I wouldn't have said that? x

You remembered to take your camera with you to the beach!! See how busy you are and you still remember your camera, I think that's just marvellous myself! I took the kids to the beach last bank holiday weekend and forgot my camera, in fact I forget my camera frequently so my blogging is quite dull.I hope time slows down for you a bit soon.

Totally, totally understand how its hard to squeeze everything in now you're back at work again. I have more ideas than time unfortunately...hope you manage to find a balance. (and let me know your secret!!)

Oh I love a day on the beach, but Tony's not keen so we save it for the holidays when Em and I can go on our own. Your day out sounds wonderful, your description of the other dogs behaviour made me laugh. Poor Moog looked sorry for herself when she was so wet and cold. Jane x

I love your dog! Makes me miss my dog, an Australian Shepherd named Miss Tanner. She was such a brat, and I miss her so much!Bursting with personality. The only thing I have ever done with chickens is chase them to get tail feathers to use as quill pens. T'aint easy.

I completely understand...I haven't started a new job and I still can't seem to keep up with everyone all the time! I hope you come through your drought though because it does make you happy to create. We are going to go to the beach in June and your pictures are making it harder to wait that long! I'm glad you had a good weekend though. And Ellie says to cut the Moog some slack... she's old for Pete's sake!

Hi, I'm Lesley aka Moogsmum. After years of dreaming about it I've finally set up my own business making and selling my handmade bags, brooches, pictures and accessories. I love to sew, knit, crochet, spin and weave. Married to Mr Moog with two lovely teenagers and two wonderful dogs - Merlin Moog, the world's cuddliest border collie, and naughty collie x spaniel Willow Wobbler.
You can often find me on Instagram where I'm @mrs_moog and I blog here about my crafty doings and life stuff.